Radiator-brush



E. M. MARTIN.

RADIATOR BRUSH.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 12, I920.

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UNITED STATES ELIZABETH M. MARTIN,

OF STERLING, ILLINOIS.

RADIATOR-BRUSH.

Application filed January 12, 1920.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ELIZABETH h/I. NIAR- TIN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Sterling, in the county of lVhiteside and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Radiator- Brushes, of which the following is a specification.

My invention has reference to brushes for radiators, and is specially adapted for use in connection with the radiators of heating plants, such as are used in houses and other buildings. 'Such radiators are usually formed of closely spaced sections having connecting portions upon which the dust readily accumulates. Onaccount of these connections being within the narrow spaces between the sections, it is difiicult and frequently impossible to get at them with a brush of usual construction. By the use of my invention this difliculty is overcome, and

all of the parts of the radiator reached and cleaned.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 shows my invention in side elevation, with the handle extended.

Fig. 2 is a similar View, with the handle closed.

Fig. 3 is a lower edge view of the device 1 represents a head, preferably formed of wood, and provided with an extension 2, forming a. handle therefor, and fitted at its end with a collar 3. Said handle also has a longitudinal channel 4. The head 1 is pro vided in one of its edges with a set of bristles 5 and in the opposite edge with tufts of can be easily Specification of Letters Patent.

' Patented Sept. 6, 1921. Serial No. 350,842. I

bristles or hairs 6. The head and brushes thereon are of a very narrow construction, as will be evident from Fig. 3, whereby the brush can be easily introduced between the radiator sections, or into other spaces of limited extent. The bristle supporting members are outwardly curved and separated by the elongated part 1 of the head.

Slidable in the handle 2 is an extension 7 provided on its outer end with a circular brush 8, which can be used on the more exposed portions of a radiator, or, when the handle is extended, for cleaning pictures or other objects at a distance from the floor. The part 7 is fitted with'adjustment pins 9, slidable in a slot 10 in the handle 2. By tightening the pins the handle extension can be held in any adjusted position that may be desired.

It is sometimes desired to operate the brush in the rear of a radiator of considerable height, and for this purpose the extension handle is specially adapted, the lengthened handle permitting the brush to reach the parts which it is desired to clean.

lVhat I claim and desire to secure, is:

A device of the class described, comprising a head of narrow construction, embodying outwardly bowed portions projected into a parallel, spaced-apart relation to form a handle; and bristles carried by said curved portions, forming brushes on said head having a spread at the central portion thereof.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

ELIZABETH M. MARTIN. 

